Thursday 14 January 2016

Tree ID 3> Ash twigs and keys

Ash buds are black.  Young twigs are straight and smooth.


More mature trees grow more slowly and the buds are closer together


Typically the buds along the twig are nearly opposite but slightly offset.



And of course the presence of ash keys hanging on female trees is another clue to identification.


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